The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Bowl

800s–900s

Iraq or Iran

earthenware with painted underglaze and incised design
Diameter: 39.1 cm (15 3/8 in.)
The Worcester R. Warner Collection 1915.303
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Look closely: the bowl has incised decoration of a large palmette in the center and a split-leaf scroll pattern just inside the rim.

Description

This large bowl with flaring sides is splashed with yellow, brown, and green pigments, which have run during the firing process, in imitation of Tang Chinese ceramics.
  • ?–1915
    (Vignier, Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1915–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • MacClean, J. Arthur. "The Worcester R. Warner Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 3 (March 1917): 43–55. Reproduced: p. 45; Mentioned: p. 47 www.jstor.org
    MacClean, J. Arthur. "Persian Pottery Bowl from Rhages IXth Century." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 7, no. 1 (January 1920): 6-7. Reproduced: Front Matter; Mentioned: pp. 6–7 25136338
    Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 72, no. 6 (October 1985): 326–359. Mentioned and Reproduced: 348, fig. 43 www.jstor.org
  • The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).
    East-West in Art. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN (June 22-October 31, 1966).
    Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1915.303